SAN JOSE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — January 14, 2014 —
PLDA, the industry leader in PCI Express® and interface IP solutions
today announced that its XpressRICH3-AXI™ PCI Express® (PCIe®) 3.0
solution with AMBA AXI support, passed all Gold and Interoperability
tests performed by the PCI-SIG® committee during its most recent
workshop in December 2013. The testing was conducted using the PLDA
XpressRICH3-AXI IP, running in an add-in card configuration on a Xilinx®
KC705 board, based on a Xilinx Kintex®-7 FPGA.

“Successful completion of the PCI-SIG compliance testing is a critical
step in validating PLDA’s XpressRICH3-AXI PCIe 3.0 IP solution. Combined
with our extensive history of groundbreaking PCIe development and a
track record of over 5,800 PCI Express designs in silicon, this
certification provides our global customer base with a further
indication of the quality and ease-of-integration they have come to
expect from our IP products.” said Stephane Hauradou, CTO of PLDA.

PCI-SIG is the consortium that owns and manages PCI. Its compliance
workshops offer members the opportunity to test and validate their
products before they enter the field. Testing is completed against
PCI-SIG maintained systems, as well as other leading manufacturers of
PCI products. The rigorous testing process includes interoperability
testing on a range of PC hardware products, transaction layer and data
link testing, physical layer testing and configuration testing.

“As a PCI-SIG member, PLDA holds a valued role in the success of PCIe
technology,” said Al Yanes, PCI-SIG president and chairman.
“Participating in PCIe specification compliance testing helps enable a
robust PCIe ecosystem.”

PLDA’s XpressRICH3-AXI PCI Express 3.0 solution provides the following
features and benefits:

Flexible design, supporting Endpoint and Root-Port configurations

Silicon-proven, with over 2500 designs in silicon, ensuring first pass
silicon success

About PLDAPLDA designs and sells intellectual property (IP)
cores and prototyping tools for ASIC and FPGA that aim to accelerate
time-to-market for embedded electronic designers. PLDA specializes in
high-speed interface protocols and technologies such as PCIe, and
Ethernet. PLDA provides IP cores with a complete set of tools, including
FPGA production-ready and prototyping cards or System-on-Module
components, drivers and APIs and testbenches. Their products benefit
from a global support and sales organization able to sustain over 5,800
ASIC and FPGA customers worldwide. PLDA is a global company with offices
in North America (San Jose, California) and in Europe (France, Italy).
For more information visit
www.plda.com.

About PCI-SIGPCI-SIG is the consortium that owns and
manages PCI specifications as open industry standards. The organization
defines industry standard I/O (input/output) specifications consistent
with the needs of its members. Currently, PCI-SIG is comprised of nearly
800 industry-leading member companies. To join PCI-SIG, and for a list
of the Board of Directors, visit
www.pcisig.com.

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